Could we use the occasion & collective knowledge
of this esteemed group to have Donald Duck's
most successful song text ever in different translations?
I believe there are actually two Norwegian versions,
from different editions; the one I instantly recall is
as follows:
O, skjenk meg en grav
i det isgrønne hav
og la bølgene
kvele min gråt!
(In particular, the guitar has been gently put away
in this version.)
The German version is as follows:
Und lieg ich der-einst auf der Bah-re
So denk auch an meine Gui-tah-re
und legt sie mir mit in mein Gra-hab
It has a something Herta Müller-ish about it.
And indeed the D.O.N.A.L.D. organisation has
decided that
"Es soll sich ja niemand einfallen lassen,
irgendwo etwas gegen diese Hymne vorzubringen."
I wholeheartedly agree.
Nils Lid Hjort
> The Screaming Cowboy in a french translation from Picsou Magazine in 2006
> is :
> "Oh , enterrez-moi l? avec ma guitare caboss?e et mon coeur qui hurle
> d'amour pour toi !"
>> Rather a word to word translation...